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Boym returned repeatedly to artistic “defamiliarization” of totalitarianism, using a term coined by Russian critic Viktor Shklovsky to describe literature??s ability to make the familiar elements of human life take on new significance—and even strangeness...
...Auslander wants to stake a claim to the title of American Jewish literature??s bona fide “bad boy,” his most compelling credential might be that he’s—gasp!—a college drop-out. After leaving school, Auslander rose through the ranks of a New York advertising agency. Somewhere along the way, he appears to have acquired a knack for writing in 30-second sound-bytes...
...same has been said about the world’s greatest cultural triumphs—music, art and literature??then why should we apologize for being sports fans at Harvard...
...years following Shakespeare, Bloom sought to write books for a more popular audience, specifically on the importance of literature in informing our lives. His 2000 publication, How to Read and Why, was an assessment of literature??s importance on life throughout the ages...
...Centennial Celebration, Gorra’s profile of the typical Green hero as “a shell of humanity” who notably “preserves himself from involvement [in a situation in order to maintain his integrity]” is remarkably similar to modern literature??s steely hero. Wood furthermore describes Greene’s brand of heroes as “those sort of feeding on their own vitals, consumed by a sort of cynicism and lassitude...